While construction continues on Plainsboro’s new library, another major project in the township is also moving along, hitting a milestone earlier this month.
On June 15, construction workers raised the first steel columns for the central utility plant at the future University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro. In addition, steel installation on the diagnostic and treatment tower is set to begin on Monday, July 13, hospital officials said in a press release.
Located on 50 acres of a 160-acre site in Plainsboro off Route 1, the new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro (UMCPP) is a replacement hospital for the current UMCP on Witherspoon Street in Princeton. When the new hospital opens in late 2011, it will consist of 636,000 square feet of interior space, including 237 single patient rooms, operating rooms, treatment areas, and an emergency department, which will be double the size of the current emergency department.
“The first steel in the ground is an important milestone, and it fuels the excitement and anticipation that the whole Princeton HealthCare System family feels for this project,” said President and CEO Barry Rabner in the press release.
The new medical center will be located on a campus that will also include a medical office building, a fitness and wellness center, a health education center, a senior residential community, a skilled nursing facility, pediatric services, and a 32-acre public park along the Millstone River.
